SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. — Arch Communities and developer WinnCos. have completed a $25.7 million residential adaptive reuse project in Southbridge, located in the southern central part of the state. The project converted the 90,000-square-foot former Mary E. Wells High School building into a 62-unit affordable housing complex for seniors age 55 and older. Of the 62 apartments, 56 are reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI), including eight apartments reserved for residents at or below 30 percent of AMI. Six units have been customized for handicapped and sensory-impaired households. The 106-year-old building had been vacant for eight years before construction began in 2020.
NUTLEY, N.J. — Global investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald has acquired 200 Metro Boulevard, a 300,000-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Nutley, for $131.7 million. The building is located within Prism Capital Partners’ 116-acre ON3 campus, which is a redevelopment of the former North American headquarters site of Swiss pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche. The building also serves as the U.S headquarters of Japanese pharmaceutical giant Eisai Inc., which relocated some 1,200 employees to the ON3 campus in 2020. Eastdil Secured represented Prism Capital Partners in the sale. Other tenants at ON3 include Quest Diagnostics, Ralph Lauren Corp., the Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine and Seton Hall University’s Graduate College of Nursing & School of Health & Medical Sciences.
FRANKLIN PARK, N.J. — Oklahoma-based brokerage firm Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the $56 million sale of Franklin Towne Center, a 138,000-square-foot shopping center in Central New Jersey. Grocer Stop & Shop anchors the center, which was built on 14 acres in 1990. Isaiah Harf of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a New York-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a New Jersey-based investment firm. Both parties involved in the deal requested anonymity.
WEST HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — An affiliate of locally based investment and management firm Northeast Capital Group has purchased Samsondale Plaza, a 156,185-square-foot shopping center in West Haverstraw, about 35 miles north of New York City, for $26.5 million. Anchored by grocer Stop & Shop, the property also houses tenants such as Dollar Tree, Advance Auto, Sports Clips and Sally Beauty Supply. Jose Cruz, J.B. Bruno, Steve Simonelli, Michael Oliver, Kevin O’Hearn, Austin Pierce and Andrew Scandalios of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between investment and development firm Mark Holdings and Connecticut-based Paragon Realty Group, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 60,000-square-foot office headquarters lease at 825 Seventh Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. Owned by a partnership between Edward J. Minskoff Equities and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), the building spans 196,616 square feet. Matthew Astrachan, Ellen Herman and Hale King of JLL represented the tenant, New Alternatives for Children, in the lease negotiations. Edward Riguardi of Vornado and Jeffrey Sussman of Edward J. Minskoff represented building ownership in conjunction with John Ryan III of Avison Young.
SHREWSBURY, MASS. — SGPS Showrig, a provider of entertainment equipment, has signed a 49,524-square-foot industrial lease in Shrewsbury, located outside of Worcester in the central part of the state. The space is located within Centech Park North, a 310,000 square-foot campus that is set to be delivered at the end of the year. Kevin Brawley, Stephen Woelfel, P.J. Foster, Kevin Hanna, Ovar Osvold and Wayne Spiegel of Colliers represented the landlord, Northbridge Partners, in the lease negotiations. Rhett Delk and Nate Heilbron of Cresa represented the tenant.
BURLINGTON, NATICK AND BRAINTREE, MASS. — Hudson Bay Co., a holding and investment firm focused on retail properties, and its affiliate Streetworks Development will undertake a trio of life sciences conversion projects throughout the Boston area. Specifically, the development team plans to convert a portfolio of three 120,000-square-foot retail properties located in Burlington, Natick and Braintree into facilities that will house both traditional office and lab/research and development space. SGA is designing the conversion projects. Cushman & Wakefield is handling leasing. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter.
DEDHAM, MASS. — Global investment management firm Invesco Real Estate has purchased a 422,117-square-foot life sciences facility in Dedham, a southern suburb of Boston. The single-story building sits on 53 acres and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as General Dynamics and the American Red Cross. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark represented the seller, a partnership between locally based investment firm RJ Kelly Co. and Independencia Asset Management, in the transaction.
NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $8.4 million sale of three multifamily properties totaling 43 units in North Arlington, located in Bergen County. All structures were originally built more than 100 years ago and include four office spaces and three retail units. Scott Davidovic, Michael Kossak and Andrew Scheinerman of Kislak brokered the deals. The sellers were family partnerships that sold the assets to a single buyer, with all parties involved requesting anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $5.2 million sale of two multifamily buildings totaling 37 units in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. The rent-stabilized buildings offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Victor Sozio, Stephen Vorvolakos, Sean Kelly and Benjamin Vago of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the sale. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.